Merig
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| Country | File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu |
| Province | Torba Province |
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Merig is a small island located 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of Gaua, in the Banks Islands of northern Vanuatu.
The island is about 800 metres (2,600 feet) wide, and has a circumference of 2.2 kilometres (1 mile).
Name
The name Merig Script error: No such module "IPA". comes from the Mota language. It comes from a Proto-Torres-Banks form *mʷera riɣi "the small boy" via haplology to *mʷeriɣi. It contrasts with Merelava, from *mʷera-i laβa "the big boy". The native term in Mwerlap is N̄wërig Script error: No such module "IPA"., from the same etymon.
History
The first recorded sighting of Merig Island by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Pedro Fernández de Quirós on 25 April 1606.[2] It was then named Île Sainte Claire.[3]
Population
As of 2009, Merig was only inhabited by three households, consisting of 12 individuals.[4] Merig was not listed in Vanuatu's 2020 census.[5]
The inhabitants of Merig speak Mwerlap,[6] the language of the neighbouring island Merelava.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vanuatu". Haos Blong Volkeno. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.65.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sidney Herbert Ray (29 May 2014). A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages. Cambridge University Press. pp. 427–. ISBN 978-1-107-68202-3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2009 National Census of Population and Housing: Summary Release" (PDF). Vanuatu National Statistics Office. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 10, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2020 National Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Vanuatu National Statistics Office. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
- ^ Languages of the Banks & Torres Islands.
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